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NEW DELHI: The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has planned a children's home for 50 girls as part of its corporate social responsibility . This information was shared in the Lok Sabha today by Minister of State in the Urban Development ministry Saugata Roy in response to an unstarred question. "DMRC has planned a second children's home for 50 girls as a part of its ongoing corporate responsibility," Roy said. Roy also said that DMRC had informed that a children's...

NEW DELHI: With a deadline of 2016, phase III of the Delhi Metro network has a long way to go before the two new corridors get commissioned. While the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) said that tunnelling work on phase III will be over by the end of this year, the bulk of work, including installing and testing of a new signalling system, is yet to be undertaken, said DMRC spokesman , Anuj Dayal . "The phase III work of 140-km Delhi Metro project is in full swing and...

NEW DELHI: The DMRC decision to run the Airport Express line from Monday seems to be suiting everybody, including the lenders. Reliance Infrastructure-led DAMEPL, the company running the premier Metro line, will hand over the project to DMRC on Sunday. It has already informed DMRC twice in the past one month, the DAMEPL spokesperson said. DMRC has said it would operate the line in "public interest" . But the lenders have the right to substitute the concessionaire , said its spokesperson on...

NEW DELHI: Real estate major Parsvnath Developers Ltd on Thursday said it has bagged a project from Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) to construct a shopping mall outside a metro station at a cost of Rs 150 crore. The company bagged the project through competitive bidding for developing a shopping mall, spread over 2.5 lakh sq ft, outside Netaji Subhash Place metro station in north Delhi, Parsvnath said in a statement. "The project would cost about Rs 150 crore," it...

NEW DELHI: Supreme Court today asked Delhi High Court to "expeditiously" decide a plea filed by Gammon India Limited that it has "arbitrarily" been denied contract of a Rs 600 crore metro rail project despite its financial bid being lower than the company which bagged it. "The parties (Gammon India, DMRC, Centre and others) agree that the pleadings shall be completed before February 25. We request the High Court to commence the hearing on...

NEW DELHI: Delhi Metro fares may be hiked soon after the Assembly polls as the government has initiated a process to review the rates which were last raised in 2009. The Union Urban Development Ministry has sent a proposal to the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet to set up a fare-fixation panel which will submit its report within three months of getting approved. Retired Justice AK Srivastava has been chosen as the Chairman of the Committee , Delhi Metro...

NEW DELHI: Delhi Metro on Wednesday formally blacklisted Arch Consultant, the design consultant of Gammon India , for five years for having "worked to the detriment to the interest of DMRC and having grossly misconducted" in connection with the July 12 Zamrudpur mishap. Arch Consultant was responsible for the design of the Pier 67 near Zamrudpur on the Central Secretariat-Badarpur line which collapsed on July 12 killing six persons. "After detailed...

NEW DELHI: Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) is not just about running Delhi's rapid transit services. In a different avatar, DMRC has mopped up more than Rs 750 cr in the last few years from property development during Phase I operations. Significantly, DMRC adopted various methods of property development, including renting out properties to leasing out areas to private players and auctioning prime land for both retail and residential projects. It is estimated that earnings from...

NEW DELHI: The DMRC will construct the Standard Gauge Metro Rail in Rajasthan's capital Jaipur, its first independent project outside the National Capital Region since its inception. Rajasthan Government has asked the DMRC to construct the Jaipur Metro, which will ultimately have a 29.9 km corridor, and an agreement to this effect will be signed by officials of state government and Delhi Metro tomorrow in Jaipur. Chief Minister...

NEW DELHI: Delhi Metro will be observing World Green Building Week till September 27 to promote construction of environment friendly buildings. The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has partnered with Indian Green Building Council (IGBC) of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) to observe the week on the theme "Get up, Green Up". The Week would be simultaneously observed in over 100 countries all over the world. Earlier this month, DMRC in association with IGBC ...

NEW DELHI: Now it will be easier for Delhiites and visitors to the national capital to plan their commute via Delhi metro with the re-launch today of its website which has additional features like information of first and last trains from all stations on the network. The site was formally unveiled by Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) Managing Director Mangu Singh in the presence of other senior officials. According to DMRC, the decision to revamp the site was...

NEW DELHI: Alstom has been awarded two contracts worth over 65 million euro (over Rs 465 crore) from Delhi Metro Rail Corporation to supply signalling, telecom and electrification solutions for the new Kochi metro line. The projects will be implemented in early 2016 and commercial service for first section is scheduled to begin in March that year, Alstom said in a statement. As many as 25 Alstom Metropolis trains will circulate on the new Kochi metro line which is...

NEW DELHI: With significant rise in its operational costs, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) MD Mangu Singh today said that a fare hike is long overdue while expressing hope that a fare fixation committee will be "formed soon". Fares were last revised in 2009 when the minimum fare was raised from Rs 6 to Rs 8 with the maximum fare being raised to Rs 30 from Rs 22. "Fare hike is due for a long time now. It's long overdue actually. Now when the committee will...

NEW DELHI: Installation of platform screen gates in six of the busiest underground stations of Delhi Metro's yellow line is all set to begin next month and are expected to be operational by the latter half of the year. After a prolonged period of deliberation, the long awaited technology is being implemented in an effort to obliterate the possibility of potential harm to passengers, accidental or deliberate, officials said. "Although prototype work that entails...

NEW DELHI: The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has been registered as the world's first transport sector project under the Programme of Activities (PoA) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change ( UNFCCC ), enabling it to quantify climate change benefit from all metro operations in India, a statement said today. The move will also facilitate the fast-tracking of Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) registration of all upcoming rail based metro projects in...

NEW DELHI: After taking over the operations of the Airport Metro line, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation ( DMRC ) has encashed the bank guarantee of nearly Rs 55 crore deposited by Reliance Infra-owned Delhi Airport Metro Express Private Limited ( DAMEPL ). DMRC, which is now running the national capital's airport metro link, had encashed the bank guarantee deposited by DAMEPL at the time of taking over of the operations of the Airport line, sources said.

NEW DELHI: After a Rs 150-crore project to develop a shopping mall, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) is now planning large-scale residential development at Khyber Pass, for which 9 or 10 well-known city real estate developers are learnt to have submitted expressions of interest (EoI). The move follows DMRC's intent to raise Rs 600 crore (double its initial target of Rs 300 crore) from property development. This makes it the Corporation's third major real estate project after its shopping mall...

NEW DELHI: The Airport Express line of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has recorded about 30 per cent rise in its ridership following the fare reduction of up to 40 per cent in July last year. DMRC has also taken a slew of measures to attract commuters on the line, operations of which it took over from Reliance Infrastructure in July, 2013, a spokesperson said. According to data provided by the Delhi Metro, the ridership figures of July, 2013 and July, 2014 were...

NEW DELHI: Plans are afoot for a bigger and better Delhi Metro museum, where exhibits will have their commentary written in English as well as Hindi, a senior official of the DMRC today said. On the sixth anniversary of the Metro Museum today, located currently in the premises of the Patel Chowk metro station, officials said, efforts will also be made to make the facility more accessible to a larger audience. DMRC had recently been alloted 12,000 sq m of...